Setu, 厂别峁璾: 26 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Jyotisha
In Jainism
1. General definition
India history
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Kannada
6. Tamil
7. Nepali
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Setu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥擜 King of the family of Bharata. He was the son of Babhru and the father of An膩rabdha. (Bh膩gavata, Skandha 9).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥擜 son of Babhru and father of 膧rabdha.^*

* Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 23. 14-15; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 17. 2-3.

1b) The name of the bridge built by R膩ma to go to Lank膩 as testified by J膩mbavan; sacred to Hari. Visited by Balar膩ma who made a gift of cows to Brahmans here.^*

* Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 X. 56. 28; VII. 14. 36; X. 79. 15-16.

1c) A son of Sv膩roci峁 Manu.^*

* Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 36. 19.

1d) One of the two sons of Druhyu and father of Aruddha.^*

* Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 74. 7; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 48. 6; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 99. 7.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Setu (啶膏啶む) refers to 鈥減eople living on table lands鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 16) (鈥淥n the planets鈥�graha-bhaktiyoga鈥�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淢ercury presides over the western half of the Lohitya river, the Indus, the Saray奴, the G膩mbh墨rika, the Ratha, the Ganges and its tributary the Kau艣i. He also presides over the countries of Videha, K膩mboja; the eastern half of Mathur膩, the Him膩layas, the Gomanta, the Citrak奴峁璦 mountains, Saur膩峁ａ弓ra; people living on table lands (setu), [...]鈥�.

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Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Setu (啶膏啶む) is the name of an ancient king, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.7 [The killing of R膩va峁嘺] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淐rossing above the ocean with his army, in a moment R膩ghava reached the city Velandhara on Mt. Velandhara. Two kings, Samudra and Setu, like oceans hard to restrain, began to fight excitedly with R膩ma鈥檚 vanguard. Nala captured Samudra and N墨la, long-armed, captured Setu and led them to R膩ma, wise in their master鈥檚 business. [...]鈥�.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and Sages

Setu (啶膏啶む) is another name for Sethu鈥攐ne of the Siddhars (Siddhas) and Rishis mentioned by Rangarasa Desiga Swamigal in his Siddhargal Potri Thoguppu. Each name in the list starts with prefix 鈥�Om鈥� followed by the Siddhar鈥檚 names and ends with refrain 鈥�Thiruvadigal Potri鈥�. For example for Setu: 喈撪喁� 喈氞瘒喈む瘉喈瘉喈┼喈掂喁� 喈む喈班瘉喈掂疅喈苦畷喈赤瘝喈瘚喈编瘝喈编 [艒m c膿tumu峁塱var tiruva峁璱ka岣� p艒峁熱篃i].鈥擳hese Siddhas experienced union with the ultimate reality and witnessed a spiritual transformation of their intellectual, mental, vital and ultimately, physical bodies.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Setu.鈥攅mbankment; income or taxes resulting from it (Ghoshal, H. Rev. Syst., pp. 108-09). Note: setu is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

: Institut Fran莽ais de Pondich茅ry: The Shaivite legends of Kanchipuram

Setu (啶膏啶む) (in Sanskrit) refers to the Tamil C膿tu, and represents one of the proper nouns mentioned in the Kanchipuranam, which narrates the Shaivite Legends of Kanchipuram鈥攁n ancient and sacred district in Tamil Nadu (India). The Kanchipuranam (mentioning 艢r墨-setu) reminds us that Kanchipuram represents an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism have co-existed since ancient times.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Setu [啶膏啶熰] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Cucumis maderaspatanus L. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Mukia maderaspatana, Bryonia scabrella, Melothria maderaspatana. For the possible medicinal usage of setu, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Setu [爻賷倏賵] in the Urdu language, ibid. previous identification.

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Setu in India is the name of a plant defined with Crateva religiosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crataeva adansonii DC. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Botanische Jahrb眉cher f眉r Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1901)
· Fl. Ins. Austr. (1786)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
· Dissertatio 鈥� De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis (1786)
· Journal of Botany, (1874)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Setu, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

setu : (m.) a bridge.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Setu, (Vedic setu, to si or 蝉腻 (see sinoti); cp. Av. ha膿tu dam; Lat. saeta; Ags. 蝉腻da rope; etc. ) a causeway, bridge Vin. I, 230=D. II, 89, J. I, 199; Vism. 412 (simile); DhA. I, 83; SnA 357; PvA. 102, 151, 215. 耻迟迟腻谤补掳- a bridge for crossing over M. I, 134; S. IV, 174; Miln. 194; 苍补岣穉-掳 a bamboo bridge Th. 1, 7.

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Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

s膿tu (啶膏啶む).鈥攎 (S) A bridge.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

s膿tu (啶膏啶む).鈥�m A bridge.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

厂别峁璾 (啶膏啶熰).鈥�

1) Water-melon.

2) A kind of cucumber.

Derivable forms: 蝉别峁璾岣� (啶膏啶熰啶�).

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Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥擺si-tun U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 1.69]

1) A ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dam; 啶ㄠげ啶苦え啷€啶� 啶曕啶粪い啶膏啶む啶え啷嵿ぇ啶ㄠ 啶溹げ啶膏啶樴ぞ啶� 啶囙さ啶距じ啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶班啶む (nalin墨峁� k峁tasetubandhano jalasa峁僩h膩ta iv膩si vidruta岣�) Kum膩rasambhava 4.6; R.16.2.

2) A bridge in general; 啶掂啶︵啶灌た啶ざ啷嵿く啶� 啶げ啶ぞ啶︵啶掂た啶啷嵿い啶� 啶い啷嵿じ啷囙い啷佮え啶� 啶啶ㄠた啶侧ぎ啶啶啶班ぞ啶多た啶 (vaidehi pa艣y膩 malay膩dvibhakta峁� matsetun膩 phenilamambur膩艣im) R.13.2; 啶膏啶ㄠ啶啶班啶う啷嵿ぇ啶︵啶掂た啶班う啶膏啶む啶た啶� (蝉补颈苍测补颈谤产补诲诲丑补诲惫颈谤补诲补蝉别迟耻产丑颈岣�) 4.38;12.7; Kum膩rasambhava 7.53.

3) A landmark; 啶溹啶啶粪啶犩 啶ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠく啷囙い啷� 啶膏啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶啶班啶距ざ啷囙し啷� 啶膏啶む啶粪 (jye峁ａ弓he m膩si nayet s墨m膩峁� suprak膩艣e峁 setu峁) Manusm峁泃i 8.245.

4) A defile, pass, a narrow mountain-road.

5) A boundary, limit.

6) A barrier, limitation, obstruction of any kind; 啶︵啶粪啶啶啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距ざ啷嵿 啶た啶︵啶啶班え啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏啶むさ啶� (du峁eyu岣� sarvavar峁嚹伵沜a bhidyeran sarvasetava岣�) 厂耻产丑腻峁�.

7) A fixed rule or law, an established institution; 啶膏啶氞啶距 啶膏啶む啶啶む啶むぞ啶班 (s奴cak膩岣� setubhett膩ra岣�) ...... 啶む 啶掂 啶ㄠた啶班く啶椸ぞ啶た啶ㄠ (te vai nirayag膩mina岣�) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 13.23.66.

8) The sacred syllable om; 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶啶班ぃ啶掂 啶膏啶む啶膏啶むい啷嵿じ啷囙い啷佮 啶啶班ぃ啶掂 啶膏啶啶む 啷� 啶膏啶班さ啶む啶え啷嬥啷嵿啷冟い啶� 啶啶班啶掂 啶ぐ啶膏啶むぞ啶氞啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶班啶い啷� (mantr膩峁嚹佱箖 pra峁嘺va岣� setustat蝉别迟耻岣� pra峁嘺va岣� sm峁泃a岣� | sravatyano峁卥峁泃a峁� p奴rva峁� parast膩cca vid墨ryate) || K膩lik膩 P.

9) A reservoir or a lake; 啶膏す啷嬥う啶曕 啶嗋す啶距ぐ啷嵿く啷嬥う啶曕 啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶� 啶え啷嵿ぇ啶啶む (sahodaka峁� 膩h膩ryodaka峁� v膩 setu峁� bandhayet) Kau. A.2.1.

1) A bond, fetter.

11) An explanatory commentary.

Derivable forms: 蝉别迟耻岣� (啶膏啶む啶�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

厂别峁璾 (啶膏啶熰).鈥攎.

(-峁璾岣�) 1. The water-melon. 2. A kind of cucumber, (Cucumis Madraspatanus.) E. 峁峁� to disregard, un aff.

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Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥攎.

(-迟耻岣�) 1. A mound, a bank, a causeway, dyke, an elevated piece of ground separating fields, and serving, during their inundation in the rains, for the passage of travellers, &c. 2. A bridge. 3. A pass, a defile, a road practised in mountainous countries, and places of difficult access. 4. A land-mark. 5. A boundary. 6. A barrier, an obstruction of any kind. 7. A fixed rule or law. 8. An epithet of the sacred syllable 鈥淥m.鈥� 9. A tree, (Tapia crat忙va.) E. 峁 to bind, tun Unadi aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

厂别峁璾 (啶膏啶熰).鈥攎. 1. The water melon. 2. A kind of cucumber.

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Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥攊. e. si + tu, m. 1. A mound, a bank, a dike, [搁腻箩补迟补谤补峁単颈峁嚹�] 5, 91; figurat. Means of protecting (the law and institutes), [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 1, 36; 3, 21, 54. 2. A high causeway in fields. 3. A landmark, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 8, 245. 4. A pass, a defile. 5. Figurat. Law, [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 9, 19. 6. A bridge, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] i. [distich] 115 (cf. my transl.). 7. The islands between India and Ceylon (cf. Nala -setu), [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 92, 66. 3. A tree, Tapia crat忙va.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Setu (啶膏啶む).鈥擺adjective] binding, fettering; [masculine] band, fetter; dam, weir, bridge, boundary, barrier, limit.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Setu (啶膏啶む) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擜dhy膩tmar膩m膩ya峁嘺峁玨膩 by R膩mavarman.

2) Setu (啶膏啶む):鈥擵峁泃taratn膩kara峁玨膩 by Haribh膩skara.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 厂别峁璾 (啶膏啶熰):鈥�m. a kind of water-melon or cucumber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Setu (啶膏啶む):鈥�mfn. ([from] 鈭�1. si) binding, who or what binds or fetters, [峁歡-veda]

3) m. a bond, fetter, [ib.]

4) a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations), [峁歡-veda] etc. etc.

5) R膩ma鈥檚 bridge (See setubandha), [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]

6) a landmark, boundary, limit (also [figuratively] = 鈥榖arrier, bounds鈥�), [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.

7) a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also Name of various commentaries), [Catalogue(s)]

8) an established institution, fixed rule, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

9) the Pra峁嘺va or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be mantr膩峁嚹佱箖蝉别迟耻岣�), [K膩lik膩-pur膩峁嘺]

10) Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (= 惫补谤补峁嘺, 惫补谤耻峁嘺), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) Name of a son of Druhyu and brother of Babhru, [Hariva峁兣沘]

12) of a son of Babhru, [Pur膩峁嘺]

13) of a place, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 厂别峁璾 (啶膏啶熰):鈥�(峁璾岣�) 2. m. The water-melon; kind of cucumber.

2) Setu (啶膏啶む):鈥�(迟耻岣�) 2. m. A mound, a bank; high causeway in fields; bridge, a pass, a defile; Tapia cratoeva.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Setu (啶膏啶む) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Seu.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Setu (啶膏啶む):鈥�(nm) a bridge; causeway; ~[patha] the span or extent of a bridge; ~[产补峁僤丑补] (constructing) a bridge.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

S膿tu (嗖膏硣嗖む硜):鈥�

1) [noun] a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, etc.; a bridge.

2) [noun] the bridge supposed to have been constructed by 艢r墨 R膩macandra across the sea between R膩me艣vara and 艢r墨 Lanka.

3) [noun] a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, built across a stream or river; a dam.

4) [noun] a raised bund between two pieces of agricultural land.

5) [noun] the plant Capparis trifoliata of Capparaceae family(?).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

S膿tu (喈膏瘒喈む瘉) noun < 蝉脓迟耻. See 喈氞瘒喈む瘉虏. [蝉别迟丑耻虏.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Setu (啶膏啶む):鈥攏. 1. a bridge; 2. a land-mark; 3. a pass; a lane; 4. boundary; limit; 5. the sacred syllable 啷�;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Chapter 6 - The Business of Collection of Revenue by the Collector-General < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]

Chapter 1 - Formation of Villages < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]